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No place for rough sleeping in 21st Century Europe
(2nd May 2008)

Homeless Link calls for the Health, Criminal Justice and Skills Agencies to play their part in ending rough sleeping (8th April 2008)

The complexity of homelessness revealed (19th February 2008)
Homeless Link & RIS launch groundbreaking report into adult disadvantage and homelessness

Homeless Link calls for action on rough sleeping (8th November 2007)

Homeless Link response to the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 (19 October 2007)

Homeless Link applauds the Mayor’s commitment to affordable housing and changing lives for London’s most vulnerable citizens (18 September 2007)

Homeless Link welcomes government recognition that a step change in efforts to push the number of rough sleepers to as ‘close to zero as possible is needed’ (10 September 2007)

National conference tackles ending rough sleeping (9 July 2007)

National and local homelessness agencies call on Gordon Brown to renew commitment to end social exclusion (28 June 2007)

Unlocking solutions: CLG and Homeless Link offer solutions to move on problems (27 June 2007)

Filthy rich and still clueless about hostels (13 June 2007)

Tackling drugs and homelessness: 'If it wasn't hard, we would have done it already' (25 May 2007)

Breaking the vicious cycle of drugs and homelessness (14 May 2007)

Moving on moves up the housing agenda (21 November 2006)
Homeless Link, the umbrella group for organisations working with homeless people, today welcomed the Housing Corporation’s new push to increase the part housing associations play in tackling and preventing homelessness.

Homeless Link welcomes Government initiatives on homelessness (14 November 2006)
Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, announced today Government plans to tackle homelessness.

New Homeless Link survey reveals one in seven people using London homelessness services are from Eastern Europe (5 September 2006)
Homeless Link calls for co-ordinated action to address their needs
A small but significant number of Eastern Europeans (otherwise known as A8 nationals) are turning to London’s homelessness services for help, according to new research published by Homeless Link today.

Homelessness body response to Cabinet re-shuffle (05 May 2006)
Responding to today’s announcement that Ruth Kelly will be Secretary of State for Community and Local Government, Jenny Edwards, Chief Executive of Homeless Link, the national umbrella body for homelessness services, said: ‘Over the last nine years...

Stop gatekeeping homeless people warns housing minister (13 April 2006)
Homeless Link today welcomed Housing Minister Yvette Cooper’s call to local authorities not to use prevention approaches as a form of gatekeeping that ‘discourages people from applying for housing assistance.’

New prize to recognise the contribution of service users to homelessness services (12 April 2006)
The Michael Whippman Prize, Homeless Link. Homeless Link today launched a new award to recognise and reward service users who have made major contributions to the development of services for homeless people.

Ways to work: making welfare reform work for homeless people (13 January 2006)
1-day conference reflecting on the DWP’s green papers on benefit reforms Wednesday 25 January 2006, at RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD

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